| Racing Against Drugs
 A team effort to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
Racing Against Drugs is a community-based drug and alcohol awareness program
originally developed by a partnership of the London Detachment of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, the staff and students of Saunders Secondary
School, the Whitlock/Abby Ford Quality Care racing team, and the Ford Motor
Company of Canada, Ltd. The program now works with local communities to
present this event to students across the province.
The primary objective of this drug education initiative is
to utilize the sport of auto racing to capture the attention of young people
and communicate with them through an exciting and high profile sport – one
with no tolerance for substance abuse.
Racing Against Drugs is designed to promote healthy,
drug-free lifestyles in the community and to allow children the opportunity
to experience the excitement of racing by competing on professionally built
1:24 slot car tracks.
Leading the “race” are members of the RCMP who, together
with community health professionals and race celebrities, will transform the
Smiths Falls Youth Centre Arena into the atmosphere of race day. Banners, checkered flags, racecars and sound effects greet children as they enter the
Racing Against Drugs event.
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